EP2715737A4 - Filling container and method for storing hazardous waste material - Google Patents

Filling container and method for storing hazardous waste material

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Publication number
EP2715737A4
EP2715737A4 EP11866679.1A EP11866679A EP2715737A4 EP 2715737 A4 EP2715737 A4 EP 2715737A4 EP 11866679 A EP11866679 A EP 11866679A EP 2715737 A4 EP2715737 A4 EP 2715737A4
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Prior art keywords
waste material
hazardous waste
filling container
storing hazardous
storing
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EP11866679.1A
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German (de)
French (fr)
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EP2715737B1 (en
EP2715737A1 (en
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Walter Guillermo Bermudez
Salvatore Moricca
Allan Grant Murray
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Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization
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Priority to EP16162372.3A priority Critical patent/EP3054454B1/en
Priority to PL11866679.1T priority patent/PL2715737T3/en
Priority to PL16162372T priority patent/PL3054454T3/en
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21F—PROTECTION AGAINST X-RADIATION, GAMMA RADIATION, CORPUSCULAR RADIATION OR PARTICLE BOMBARDMENT; TREATING RADIOACTIVELY CONTAMINATED MATERIAL; DECONTAMINATION ARRANGEMENTS THEREFOR
    • G21F5/00—Transportable or portable shielded containers
    • G21F5/002—Containers for fluid radioactive wastes
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21F—PROTECTION AGAINST X-RADIATION, GAMMA RADIATION, CORPUSCULAR RADIATION OR PARTICLE BOMBARDMENT; TREATING RADIOACTIVELY CONTAMINATED MATERIAL; DECONTAMINATION ARRANGEMENTS THEREFOR
    • G21F5/00—Transportable or portable shielded containers
    • G21F5/005—Containers for solid radioactive wastes, e.g. for ultimate disposal
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B09—DISPOSAL OF SOLID WASTE; RECLAMATION OF CONTAMINATED SOIL
    • B09B—DISPOSAL OF SOLID WASTE NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B09B3/00—Destroying solid waste or transforming solid waste into something useful or harmless
    • B09B3/20—Agglomeration, binding or encapsulation of solid waste
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21F—PROTECTION AGAINST X-RADIATION, GAMMA RADIATION, CORPUSCULAR RADIATION OR PARTICLE BOMBARDMENT; TREATING RADIOACTIVELY CONTAMINATED MATERIAL; DECONTAMINATION ARRANGEMENTS THEREFOR
    • G21F5/00—Transportable or portable shielded containers
    • G21F5/06—Details of, or accessories to, the containers
    • G21F5/12—Closures for containers; Sealing arrangements
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21F—PROTECTION AGAINST X-RADIATION, GAMMA RADIATION, CORPUSCULAR RADIATION OR PARTICLE BOMBARDMENT; TREATING RADIOACTIVELY CONTAMINATED MATERIAL; DECONTAMINATION ARRANGEMENTS THEREFOR
    • G21F9/00—Treating radioactively contaminated material; Decontamination arrangements therefor
    • G21F9/008—Apparatus specially adapted for mixing or disposing radioactively contamined material
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21F—PROTECTION AGAINST X-RADIATION, GAMMA RADIATION, CORPUSCULAR RADIATION OR PARTICLE BOMBARDMENT; TREATING RADIOACTIVELY CONTAMINATED MATERIAL; DECONTAMINATION ARRANGEMENTS THEREFOR
    • G21F9/00—Treating radioactively contaminated material; Decontamination arrangements therefor
    • G21F9/04—Treating liquids
    • G21F9/06—Processing
    • G21F9/08—Processing by evaporation; by distillation
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21F—PROTECTION AGAINST X-RADIATION, GAMMA RADIATION, CORPUSCULAR RADIATION OR PARTICLE BOMBARDMENT; TREATING RADIOACTIVELY CONTAMINATED MATERIAL; DECONTAMINATION ARRANGEMENTS THEREFOR
    • G21F9/00—Treating radioactively contaminated material; Decontamination arrangements therefor
    • G21F9/04—Treating liquids
    • G21F9/20—Disposal of liquid waste
    • G21F9/22—Disposal of liquid waste by storage in a tank or other container
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21F—PROTECTION AGAINST X-RADIATION, GAMMA RADIATION, CORPUSCULAR RADIATION OR PARTICLE BOMBARDMENT; TREATING RADIOACTIVELY CONTAMINATED MATERIAL; DECONTAMINATION ARRANGEMENTS THEREFOR
    • G21F9/00—Treating radioactively contaminated material; Decontamination arrangements therefor
    • G21F9/28—Treating solids
    • G21F9/34—Disposal of solid waste
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21F—PROTECTION AGAINST X-RADIATION, GAMMA RADIATION, CORPUSCULAR RADIATION OR PARTICLE BOMBARDMENT; TREATING RADIOACTIVELY CONTAMINATED MATERIAL; DECONTAMINATION ARRANGEMENTS THEREFOR
    • G21F9/00—Treating radioactively contaminated material; Decontamination arrangements therefor
    • G21F9/28—Treating solids
    • G21F9/34—Disposal of solid waste
    • G21F9/36—Disposal of solid waste by packaging; by baling
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21F—PROTECTION AGAINST X-RADIATION, GAMMA RADIATION, CORPUSCULAR RADIATION OR PARTICLE BOMBARDMENT; TREATING RADIOACTIVELY CONTAMINATED MATERIAL; DECONTAMINATION ARRANGEMENTS THEREFOR
    • G21F5/00—Transportable or portable shielded containers
    • G21F5/06—Details of, or accessories to, the containers
    • G21F5/14—Devices for handling containers or shipping-casks, e.g. transporting devices loading and unloading, filling of containers

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • High Energy & Nuclear Physics (AREA)
  • Environmental & Geological Engineering (AREA)
  • Processing Of Solid Wastes (AREA)
  • Filling Or Discharging Of Gas Storage Vessels (AREA)
  • Filtering Materials (AREA)
EP11866679.1A 2011-06-02 2011-06-02 Method for storing hazardous waste material Active EP2715737B1 (en)

Priority Applications (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
EP16162372.3A EP3054454B1 (en) 2011-06-02 2011-06-02 Filling container for storing hazardous waste material
PL11866679.1T PL2715737T3 (en) 2011-06-02 2011-06-02 Method for storing hazardous waste material
PL16162372T PL3054454T3 (en) 2011-06-02 2011-06-02 Filling container for storing hazardous waste material

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

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PCT/IB2011/001565 WO2012164331A1 (en) 2011-06-02 2011-06-02 Filling container and method for storing hazardous waste material

Related Child Applications (1)

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EP16162372.3A Division EP3054454B1 (en) 2011-06-02 2011-06-02 Filling container for storing hazardous waste material

Publications (3)

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EP2715737A1 EP2715737A1 (en) 2014-04-09
EP2715737A4 true EP2715737A4 (en) 2014-11-19
EP2715737B1 EP2715737B1 (en) 2016-03-30

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EP16162372.3A Active EP3054454B1 (en) 2011-06-02 2011-06-02 Filling container for storing hazardous waste material

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US (2) US10910121B2 (en)
EP (2) EP2715737B1 (en)
JP (1) JP5882453B2 (en)
KR (1) KR101749621B1 (en)
CN (1) CN103718248B (en)
AU (1) AU2011369812B2 (en)
BR (1) BR112013030980B1 (en)
CA (2) CA2972623C (en)
PL (2) PL2715737T3 (en)
RU (1) RU2564398C2 (en)
WO (1) WO2012164331A1 (en)
ZA (1) ZA201309097B (en)

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